Community Composting Webinars

Webinar Resources: Navigating Hauling Permits as a Community Composter

Webinar Resources: Navigating Hauling Permits as a Community Composter

Virginia Streeter

July 10, 2019

In this webinar, Navigating Hauling Permits as a Community Composter, we provided an overview of common requirements, challenges, possible solutions, and successes.READ MORE


Webinar Resources for Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices

Webinar Resources for Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices

Virginia Streeter

April 28, 2019

Check out this webinar recording to learn more about our new report, Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices.READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Community-Scale Composting Systems with James McSweeney

Webinar Resources: Community-Scale Composting Systems with James McSweeney

Virginia Streeter

March 5, 2019

View the recording of our webinar with James McSweeney! He walked through core concepts related to planning compost site operational capacity, drawing from his newly released book.READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Composting with Worms on a Mid to Large-Scale — What, Why, How, and Who

Webinar Resources: Composting with Worms on a Mid to Large-Scale — What, Why, How, and Who

Virginia Streeter

January 25, 2019

Internationally renowned vermicomposting expert, Rhonda Sherman, shares highlights from her new book.READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Bike-Powered Food Scrap Collection — Spotlight on Equipment

Webinar Resources: Bike-Powered Food Scrap Collection — Spotlight on Equipment

Virginia Streeter

December 14, 2018

Bike-powered food scrap collectors are one of the fastest growing sectors of the food recovery industry. Join this webinar to learn more about them!READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Entity Structure for Community Composters

Webinar Resources: Entity Structure for Community Composters

Virginia Streeter

October 25, 2018

Cartoonist/attorney Janelle Orsi explained considerations related to cooperative, nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid models, with the help of cake cartoons.READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Community Compost Law & Policy

Webinar Resources: Community Compost Law & Policy

Virginia Streeter

July 2, 2018

As part of our Community Compost Law & Policy Project, ILSR hosted a webinar with The Sustainable Economies Law Center to provide community composters with an opportunity to share, discuss, and strategize around legal and policy issues confronting community composting.READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Using Bokashi in Community Composting — What, Why, How, Who

Webinar Resources: Using Bokashi in Community Composting -- What, Why, How, Who

Brenda Platt

April 30, 2018

Bokashi fermentation utilizes a variety of by-products – such as leaves, sawdust, husks, bran, other grains – inoculated with beneficial microbes to ferment kitchen waste.READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Two Business Models for Community Composting

Webinar Resources: Two Business Models for Community Composting

Nick Stumo-Langer

September 26, 2017

The webinar covered the pros and cons of worker-owned cooperatives and social enterprises, and some tips on getting started.READ MORE


Webinar Resources: Successful Rat Prevention for Community-Scaled Composting

Webinar Resources: Successful Rat Prevention for Community-Scaled Composting

Virginia Streeter

June 12, 2017

This webinar covered rat biology and behavior, and explored compost best management practices (BMPs) that help projects avoid rats.READ MORE


Webinar: Crowdfunding for Community Composting

Webinar: Crowdfunding for Community Composting

Rebecca Toews

March 16, 2016

Learn more about best practices in crowdfunding for community composting!READ MORE